Chronological order of serving risotto?

[NDman]

Every time I serve risotto at a dinner party, I always debated when I should prepare/serve it. I usually have a salad and/or soup course before the main. So it was either I prepared the risotto, served the salad, and brought out the risotto altogether; or I finished cooking the risotto after the salad. Either way it kind of sucks.

If I served it with the salad, the risotto gets cold and it doesn't do justice for itself. If I were to finish cooking it after serving the salad, it breaks up the dinner and conversations...

What do you usually do if you are serving risotto?

[Narutard]

serve risotto with your main as a side dish

[NDman]

Sorry for the confusion. I'll try to word it better this time...

the risotto has always been served with the main. My problem is the salad and/or soup that precede the main+risotto. I either serve everything together (which means less than warm risotto after the soup/salad); or I go finish preparing the risotto AFTER the soup/salad (which breaks up the conservation and the dinner feels broken).

I have tried both way. I'd get good risotto with the latter approach but the dinner felt broken and not as fun. Just curious what some of your approaches are, that's all

[TdotO]

There's no way around it. You can't have risotto sitting on the table while you're finishing your soup/salad. Risotto is not as good when cooled. You'll have to excuse yourself after finishing the soup/salad to serve the risotto. It's practically a sin to serve cold risotto. :cheesygri

[7jaii]

"Stir" good risotto "Stir" requires "Stir" time and even heat "Stir" lots of attention "Stir" so that natural sauce appears.

Making good risotto is a talent that I don't have.

[Keelie]

risotto is one thing i have never made, but something i want to get into in the near future.

but to answer your question, i would break up the dinner and get it ready after the first course and serve fresh with the main.